Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Celtic rivals Riga in nervous managerial wait as club boss faces missing Europa League clash
dailyrecord.co.ukEuropa League, after the Baltic side eventually defeated San Marino minnows Tre Fiori in a match that was delayed. But they were left stunned before the game when the club's manager, former Spartak Moscow boss, Oleg Kononov returned home to Russia because of undisclosed family reasons.
And they were managed by their assistant manager, Mihals Konevs, instead and it could be the same again against Celtic. Riga FC admit they don't know whether Kononov will be back for the match against Neil Lennon's side on Thursday.
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